...are there some shortcuts to finding code, for example, for
the sensors which can be very complicated?
Hallo,
I am using the PicAxe because I was interested in another MCU besides the TI LaunchPad and the Arduino.
Programming the PicAxe should be easy, they say. Because it is programmed in Basic.
Let me tel you. I used BASIC for the first time in 1975. And I have used a lot of BASIC dialects. But this is no BASIC. No way!
This is a cryptic sort of self invented PicAxe script.
But, it is fun to learn something different.
Code? Not 1% of what you can find for the Arduino.
You have to figure out a lot for yourself.
And when you do it gives a nice feeling.
I would say, go for it. It is fun.
I still have a lot of fun learning PacAxe-schript.
The use of variables still baffles me some times.
Converting from ASCII to int by using a #... And it outputs the ASCII chars to give you a value. Ahhhhh!
You can use a lot of sensors. Just output the raw ADC data and do the math in Processing.
Or like I am doing, In real BASIC.
I connect my PicAxe to an old fashioned COM port, one with 9 pins.
Get the ADC output and do the math with GW-BASIC and QuickBASIC.
Works like a charm.
Or if you want graphics, use Processing.
If you are in to .NET use VisualStudio. If you like real large files.
Don't let the lack of tutorial scare you away.
It is really fun to learn to do things in PicAxe.
Greetings,
Henk Siewert
http://www.swtcomp.com
https://swtmeteoblog.wordpress.com
